Backing Up With Two Drives - IBM 5150 Manual To Operations

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6
You will see the "in use" light come on while the
back-up diskette is being written.
Then the message shown in step 4 will appear again.
Hint: For this procedure, you can remember which
r"\
diskette to insert, if you remember "Original
=
Source".
Insert your original diskette when DISKCOPY asks for
the source diskette.
7
Keep repeating steps 4 and 5 until this message appears:
Copy complete
Copy another? (YIN)
8
Type this:
n
You don't have to press the Enter key.
9
The DOS prompt, A>, is displayed.
Remove the back-up diskette from the drive. With a
felt-tip pen, mark the label with the contents, the date,
and perhaps the word "Back-up."
Backing Up with Two Drives
1
Make sure DOS is ready and A> is displayed.
2
Insert your DOS Diskette into drive A:.
3
Type this:
diskcopy a:
b:
and press the Enter key.
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